ONLINE OBNOXIOUSNESS: Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short with a survey showing two in five users have ended contact after a virtual altercation. — Reuters
LONDON: Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short with a survey on Wednesday showing people are getting ruder on social media and two in five users have ended contact after a virtual altercation.
As social media usage surges, the survey found so has incivility with 78% of 2,698 people reporting an increase in rudeness online with people having no qualms about being less polite virtually than in person.
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